Soul Gargoyle

Soul Gargoyle
Basic Information
Released:	October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)
Availability:	Distributed (event)
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	No
Available Qualities
Unique
Loadout Stats
Soul Gargoyle Sad Tool - Souls Collected: 0 (Merasmissions Completed: 0) (Halloween Transmutes Performed: 0) The Soul Gargoyle grants access to Merasmissions during the Scream Fortress event each year. You can level up the gargoyle by collecting souls. Souls can be found by killing enemies, completing Merasmissions and finding Soul Gargoyles. Levels up at 666, 1337, 2000 and then every 2000 Souls. Provides access to Halloween transmutes where you can transmute 3 items for an untradable and unmarketable Halloween item from years past. A bonus is given for every 10 transmutes. ( Not Tradable or Usable in Crafting )

“

A Gargoyle is somewhere on the map!" Click to listen — Merasmus

”

The Soul Gargoyle is an item that counts souls collected by players when the item is activated during Halloween events. It allows players to use the Halloween Transmute feature and count Halloween Contracts (Merasmissions) completed during the same events. The Soul Gargoyle was initially available during the Scream Fortress 2015 event; and it returned for following Halloween events. All players logging in to Team Fortress 2 during these events received a Soul Gargoyle.

This backpack item collects souls that represent kills and other points the player scores. All year long on Halloween maps, these collected souls appear as spooky white traces flying to the player from the bodies of slain victims, captured points, pushed carts, or other sources. During Halloween events only, the same soul collecting animations appear on all maps, and all souls collected in all games during the event are added to the Soul Gargoyle's Souls Collected count.

In Scream Fortress 2015 and 2016, this item granted access to Merasmissions, a Halloween Contracts set that was replaced in Scream Fortress 2017 by Halloween Contracts that operated under the recently introduced ConTracker. Halloween Contracts completed during the event increase the Merasmissions Completed count.

Translucent green pickup versions (sometimes referred to as Ghost Gargoyles) randomly spawn on most Halloween maps (replacing Halloween Gift pickups, spawning in the same locations, if the map originally had them). They are announced by Merasmus for individual players, to be found and picked up the players. Picking up a Soul Gargoyle produces a swarm of animations and during Halloween scores the player 20 additional souls all at once.

Ranks

During Halloween events only, the collected souls are counted by the backpack item; similar to Strange Weapons; thus, the Soul Gargoyle in the backpack has a range of ranks that increase as the player collects souls.

Rank	Souls Collected	Name
0	0	Sad
1	666	Silly
2	1337	Sneering
3	2000	Happy
4	4000	Pleased
5	6000	Delighted
6	8000	Cheerful
7	10000	Joyous
8	12000	Dignified
9	14000	Proud
10	16000	Noble
11	18000	Honored
12	20000	Exalted
13	22000	Breathtaking
14	24000	Outrageous
15	26000	Spectacular
16	28000	Majestic
17	30000	Epic
18	32000	Legendary
19	34000	Australian
20	36000	Merasmus's Own

Leveling Up

The backpack model of the Soul Gargoyle improves as its rank increases through the first 4 ranks; the Soul Gargoyle starts at Stone quality and levels up with the following ranks:

Level 1 (0 Souls)		The Stone Sad Soul Gargoyle holds a skull.
Level 2 (666 Souls)		The Bronze Silly Soul Gargoyle holds a twelve-sided dice. The sides consist of a Swan emblem, the nine class emblems, a Saxton Hale emblem, and a cigarette emblem (signifying the Administrator).
Level 3 (1337 Souls)		The Silver Sneering Soul Gargoyle holds the talking pumpkin from the Gargoyles & Gravel comic.
Level 4 (2000 Souls)		The Australium Happy Soul Gargoyle holds a pile of "Gargoyles and Gravel" books, with the topmost one being the Gravel Master's Handbook.
Note: After the 4th level, only the name of the item changes; the icon remains the same.

Halloween Transmuting

Main article: Halloween Transmute

The Halloween Transmute feature allows players to trade in three qualifying items in exchange for an untradable, uncraftable cosmetic item from previous Scream Fortress events.

Every ten transmutes will result in the player receiving an additional bonus item.

Strategy

Main article: Community Halloween maps strategy: Soul Gargoyles.

Related achievements

Ghostchievements

Masked Mann Collect a Soul Gargoyle in Mann Manor.

Update history

October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)

• Added the Soul Gargoyle.

November 11, 2015 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Soul Gargoyle.

November 13, 2015 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Soul Gargoyle.

October 21, 2016 Patch #1 (Scream Fortress 2016)

• Continue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
• All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one from last year's event.
• [Undocumented] Updated the description for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 25, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added new ranks for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

• [Undocumented] Updated the description for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)

• Added Halloween transmute. Players can now transmute 3 cosmetics or taunts of their choice, and in return receive a random classic Halloween cosmetic.

Trivia

• The level up milestone '666' is a reference to the "Number of the Beast" in the New Testament Bible.
• The level up milestone '1337' is a reference to "Eleet" or "Leet-Speak", which replaces certain letters of the alphabet with numbers.

Gallery

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  Stone Gargoyle

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  Bronze Gargoyle

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  Silver Gargoyle

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  Gold Gargoyle

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  The Gargoyle that appears on maps